Tangerine Dream / Stratosfear
Artist Tangerine Dream
Album Title: Stratosfear
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Primary Genre Electronica/Dance: Electronica
Format CD
Released 10/00/1976
Reissue Date 00/00/1988
Label Virgin Records America, Inc.
Catalog No 0777 7 86092 2 3 / V2 860
Bar Code No 0 7777 86092 2 3
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Stratosfear (10:38)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann)
2. The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades (4:32)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann)
3. 3 A.M. At The Border Of The Marsh From Okefenokee (8:49)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann)
4. Invisible Limits (11:34)
(Christophe Franke/Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann/Edgar Froese/Hans Baumann)
Date Acquired 03/05/2011
Personal Rating
Acquired from Import_CDs (Amazon)
Purchase Price 10.25

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PETER BAUMANN -- moog synthesizer, project electronic rhythm computer, fender e piano, mellotron; CHRIS FRANKE -- moog synthesizer, organ, percussion, loop mellotron, harpsichord; EDGAR FROESE -- mellotron, moog synthesizer, twelve and six string guitar, grand piano, bass guitar, mouth organ; Recorded in Berlin, August 1976. ...................... CA Virgin TCV 2068 (Canada) CA Virgin VIC 2068 CD Virgin CDV 2068 CD Virgin 2-91010 LP Virgin X 698 LP Virgin VI 2068 LP Virgin V2068 [Festival L-36052] (Australia) LP Virgin V 2068 (UK) LP Virgin OVED 70 LP Virgin P 234427 (USA, Promo) LP Virgin/CBS PZ-34427 LP Virgin International/Victor VIP.4152 (JA)

Reviews
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Review by John Bush

Stratosfear, the last Tangerine Dream album by the great Baumann/Franke/Froese threesome, shows the group's desire to advance past their stellar recent material and stake out a new musical direction while others were still attempting to come to grips with Phaedra and Rubycon. The album accomplishes its mission with the addition of guitar (six- and 12-string), grand piano, harpsichord, and mouth organ to the usual battery of moogs, Mellotrons, and e-pianos. The organic instruments take more of a textural role, embellishing the effects instead of working their own melodic conventions. Stratosfear is also the beginning of a more evocative approach for Tangerine Dream. Check the faraway harmonica sounds and assortment of synth-bubbles on "3 AM at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee" or the somber chords and choral presence of "The Big Sleep in Search of Hades." The title track opener is the highlight though, beginning with a statuesque synthesizer progression before unveiling an increasingly hypnotic line of trance.
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